National Republican., 1887-01-22

constantly and sharply yesterday morning,
and fora couple Of hours he was the most
talkedof man In this District. He decided
the evening previous to put stop to the
demonstrations at the lunacy trial of Mrs.
Emmons, and concluded that the only Ger
tain way to succeed was to deny the ladies
admission to the chamber where the trial
was In progress. The order went into eff
feet yesterday morning and the bailifrs had
a lively time OF II. Thre women, not
knowing such project was In contempla-
tion gathered In strong force at an early
hour, boldly and confidently walking to the
court room door expecting to be admitted
as heretofore. Much to their astonishment,
followed by indignation, they were politely
Informed by the officials that they could
not enter, as strict instructions had been
received to allow only those females to
cross the threshold OF the chamber who
were either witnesses or had some connec-
tion with the case other than
as spectators. The fair ones
begged, pleaded, argued, almost demanded,
but the man. with badge Of Office stud
ding the breast OF his coat was inexorable,
and the. door remained closed In the faces
OF the ladies. Some few raided the mar
shaFs office, but met with no better en-
couragement, and finally abandoning all
hope, they left the building expressing
themselves pretty plainly as to the manner
In which they had been treated, and de.
nounciDg the exhibition as another evil
dence OF mans unjust authority. The
court room was comfortable during the
day, there being no crowding and no inter-
ruptions, and as consequence there was
good progress made with the case. Mrs.
Emmons, acting upon the dvice of her at
torney, remained at the hotel, aud her ab-
sence materially aided to expedite matters.
When the hearing was resumed Mrs. De
Cormis was the only lady In the chamber
and had her pick Of seats.
DR. N. s. Lincoln took the stand for con-
tnuation OF his cross.examination. He
was of the opinion that Mrs. Emmons had
unusual capacity for managing her own
affairs. His experience had been that those
ladies who gave personal attention to their
affairs generally managed them we'll, aud
the great mistake some ladies make was in
entrusting their affairs to some men to
manage. The witness said that last fall,
at the time she spoke Of going to Europe,
bis fear was that she would not get there,
as he thought another attempt might be
made to put her In an asylum, more espe-
cially after he was told by Mr.. Emmons
that any excitement was likely to throw her
from off her balance.
DR.. Lincoln said that Mrs. Emmons had
and was born in New Brunswick. The
reason the witness advised her not to go to
Europe was that she told him that she In
tended to study for the stage. He thought
that II she did the excitement might lead
her to the use Of stimulants. He said he
got his impression that her husband was
prosecuting her partly from what che told
him and partly from the antagonism that
he observed between them.
DR. A. Y. p Garnett statad thot ba fret
saw Mrs. Emmons at Wormley's the day
after her return here from Europe.
lie understood that he was called In for
the purpose Of examining into her mental
condition. He described the examination
made at that time, and said the impression
made on him was that she was sane. lie
made other visits to her frequently, with the
same object. He did not consider her an
insane woman. She was evidently ca
pric'ous, whimsical, and eccentric woman.
The eccentric traits Of character were, he
considered, congenital. She might be in
capable Of conducting her affairs, but, If so,
that was not due to unsoundness Of mind
III insapacity for conducting one's mone-
tary affairs, said the doctor, lis to be taken
to have been put in an insane institution
several years ago" The effect on his mind
OF the expert testimony had been to confirm
an impression which had long existed, and
that was that expert testimony was most
unreliable.
On the cross. examination DR.. Garnett
said that the medicine Mrs. Emmons took
last Thursday when she was absent from
court was three blue mass pills and q seld-
litz powder. She told him that she had
taken also four tablespoonfuls Of whisky.
] thought. her condition was in part due
to the whisky.
Charles Davidge, the coachman of Mrs.
Emmons, stated that he had been In the
employ Of Mr.. and Mrs. Emmons since
January, 1889. He was in the house on the
night when Mrs. De Cormis left lie de-
MED that Mrs. Emmons had dog In her
room, as Mrs. De Cormis described. He
described the Christmas tree, eorroborating
Mrs. Emmons's testimony. He said that
= soon after he went to the house Mrs. En-
mons took charge of accounts. He thought
she was very systematic In her management
Of the household affairs. He had seen no
decided change In her since he had known
her. ''She was always very peculiar to
me-" he said.
DR.. j. Ford Thompson testified that DR..
Lincoln had asked him to see Mrs. Emmons
TO examine her mental condition. lie had
an interesting conversation with her. lie
was impressed with the fact that she was
very intelligent woman. He did not think
she was insane.
Reuben White, the butler for Mrs. EN-
mons, testified to her management Of af-
fairs of the house and the system observed
herewith.
Thomas Griffith, another butler formerly
In her employ, gave similar testimony.
Mr.. Garnett announced that he had only
one more witness to examine, and the hear
ing, at the suggestion of one of the Jurors,
was adjourned until Monday next. At
that time ladies will be admitted, provided
decorum is observed and the proceedings
not interrupted.